The pages of the small New Testament rustled in the hands of the man next to me on the flight home yesterday. In a heavily accented voice, he asked me if I knew what he held. I smiled and nodded, as I looked up from my book. He explained that he had been jailed in …
Intentionally Thinking on Jesus
Do your thoughts ever seem to get locked in the negative? Critical, anxious, painful thoughts that swirl over and over in your mind? It takes intentionality to redirect those thought patterns. I was listening to a podcast about a woman who lost her daughter as a teenager. She and her family knew the Lord, but …
Another Wakeful Night
Another wakeful night Rocking restless babe, Quieting toddler’s fears, Shushing back to sleep. Another wakeful night Waiting for the teen, Praying that they walk In all they have been trained. Another wakeful night Weeping on her knees. Begging God to find The lost to intervene. Another wakeful night Searching out His Word, Listening for His …
Capturing the Rebels
A Biblical Counseling Study #6 Photo by Horacio Lander on Pexels.com A friend and I were discussing depression and anxiety thisweek. We acknowledged that truly, the feelings of depression and anxiety are asymptom of another problem. No one chooses to feel panicky and sleepless orweepy and exhausted. If our bodies were a car, the symptoms …
Pro-Life Ministry in the Church
Women who go to church seek abortions. Is this a shocking statement to you? It shouldn’t be. All church attendees are imperfect people. Everyone is a sinner in need of a Savior. Some sins, such as gossip or backbiting, are less shocking, but temptation beckons everyone into its trap. Where does a pastor’s daughter go …
Stewarding Well the Plan B Path
A Biblical Counseling Series #4 “It is not supposed to be this way.” Right now I see many believers walking difficult paths on my social media feed. A teenage Pastor’s daughter died in a random accident. A young girl is on her journey toward Heaven from a brain tumor. A family is dealing with the …
Grieve the Thorns
In my mind, I can still picture the room in the far corner of my heart stuffed to the brim with the pain and sorrow of undealt with hurts. Anytime a new grief would surface, it would be shoved back into that room, sometimes with great difficulty. Until the door just would not shut anymore, …
What Do You Know For Sure?
“I am sorry to tell you that the results say you only have six months to live.” “The test is positive. Your situation is incurable. Let’s talk about how we can manage it now.” “Years of skipping annual check-ups have led us to a point of no return. There is nothing we can do now.” …
True Love
It was the shoes that I remember. Piles upon piles of shoes no longer needed by their murdered owners. Our tour of the Holocaust museum in Israel fell right after our tour of Golgotha and the empty tomb. The reality of what God’s love cost Him had never looked rawer than it did to me …
Give to Him That Asketh of Thee
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com His eyes were sky blue. They reminded me of the color of my grandfather’s eyes, except his had not been drained of hope, as this man’s seemed to be. The red light did not give us much time to chat, and the temperature registered in negative numbers with the wind …
His Song in the Night 